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US4526616A
US4526616A US06/513,090 US51309083A US4526616A US 4526616 A US4526616 A US 4526616A US 51309083 A US51309083 A US 51309083A US 4526616 A US4526616 A US 4526616A
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16LPIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L59/00Thermal insulation in general
    • F16L59/02Shape or form of insulating materials, with or without coverings integral with the insulating materials
    • F16L59/028Compositions for or methods of fixing a thermally insulating material
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16DCOUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D65/00Parts or details
    • F16D65/78Features relating to cooling
    • F16D65/84Features relating to cooling for disc brakes
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16DCOUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D65/00Parts or details
    • F16D65/78Features relating to cooling
    • F16D2065/785Heat insulation or reflection
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16DCOUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D2125/00Components of actuators
    • F16D2125/02Fluid-pressure mechanisms
    • F16D2125/06Pistons
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    • Y10T428/25Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and including a second component containing structurally defined particles
    • Y10T428/251Mica
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T428/00Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/29Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand, strand portion, rod, filament, macroscopic fiber or mass thereof
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  • This invention relates to an improved load-bearing thermal insulator.
  • load-bearing thermal insulator is in a multi-disc brake system where it is desired that load-bearing elements provided to transmit the thrust of hydraulic pistons to the brake discs should also serve to protect the pistons and their hydraulic operating systems from the high temperatures generated by the friction surfaces.
  • Thrust elements formerly used for this purpose have been made from asbestos-fibre-reinforced phenolic resins but these tend to degrade at temperatures in excess of 400° C. which thus adversely affect their load-bearing capacity.
  • the ideal material for these thrust elements would be metal which is relatively cheap and easily formed and/or machined, but the high thermal conductivity of a metal thrust element is disadvantageous in that it readily conducts heat to the hydraulic system, causing boiling of the fluid with loss of brake efficiency, and possible damage to components.
  • the primary object of the present invention is to provide a material which has the advantages of metal in terms of load-bearing capacity, low cost and ease of forming and machining but which will nevertheless provide an effective thermal barrier.
  • a load-bearing thermal insulator comprising platelets or flakes of a thermally insulating material dispersed in a metal matric, a majority of the platelets or flakes having their major axes oriented to impede the flow of heat through the matrix material in one direction.
  • Heat flow in a component occurs from a hot zone to a cold zone and unless they are diverted the lines of flow will take the shortest route.
  • the platelets or flakes are oriented so as to interrupt and lengthen the flow paths through the matrix by which heat can flow.
  • the platelets or flakes are oriented so that a majority of them lie approximately normal to the direction of heat flow.
  • the platelets or flakes are of ceramic material distributed in the matrix so that the greater-area surfaces of at least most of them are generally parallel.
  • the greater-area surfaces of at least most of the platelets or flakes will be generally parallel with the end surfaces of the element which are intended to engage the brake discs and the hydraulic mechanism respectively, or making low angles with the said end surfaces.
  • a preferred method of making a load-bearing thermal insulator element in accordance with the invention comprises mixing flakes or platelets of a ceramic material with metal powder and cold-pressing the mixture so that in the resultant body the greater-area surfaces of at least most of the flakes or platelets are similarly oriented transverse to the direction of application of the pressing force.
  • the pressed body is then sintered, after which it may if necessary be machined to a final shape.
  • One advantage of the cold-pressing and sintering method is that it provides a degree of porosity in the finished element which, provided that the voids are not so large as to decrease strength, contributes to the thermal insulation properties.
  • a preferred range of porosity would be 5% to 20% by volume.
  • a preferred matrix material is austenitic stainless-steel which itself has a relatively low thermal conductivity.
  • a preferred ceramic material is mica-flake.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic axial cross-sectional view showing part of a brake piston and thrust element assembly
  • FIG. 2 is an end view of the assembly of FIG. 1 as viewed from the right-hand side of FIG. 1, and
  • FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic cross-section, taken in the same plane as FIG. 1, showing a greatly enlarged portion of the thrust element.
  • the brake piston 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is of conventional shape for slidably fitting into a hydraulic brake-operating cylinder (not shown) with the leading end 11 projecting from the cylinder to engage the end stator disc of a stack of interleaved carbon stator and rotor disc in a multi-disc aircraft brake.
  • the leading end 11 of the piston 10 is recessed to provide a socket 12 in which a thermally insulating load-bearing element 13 is secured.
  • the element 13 may be a press fit in the socket 12 or may alternatively or additionally be secured in the socket 12 by an adhesive, or additional mechanical means such as a rivet may be used to retain the element 13 in the socket.
  • the element 13 comprises sintered metal matrix 14 in which flakes 15 of mica are embedded.
  • the process of manufacture of the element 13 is controlled to ensure that the majority of the flakes of mica are aligned so that their planes extend parallel or at low angles to the plane of the end face 16 of the element 13.
  • FIG. 3 shows diagrammatically the appearance in cross-section of a typical distribution of the mica flakes 15 in the element 13, and it will be noted that the low-conductivity mica flakes obstruct the flow of heat in the axial direction of the element 13 and thus effectively lengthen the paths along which heat needs to flow through the metal matrix 14 in order to transfer heat axially through the element 13 from the leading end face 16 to the body 17 of the piston and thence to hydraulic fluid at the rear of the piston.
  • a typical path for heat flow is indicated by the dotted line A--A, although it will be appreciated that in practice the routes through which heat may flow will be three-dimensional around the flakes 15.
  • the resulting long heat flow paths in the material of the element 13 effectively reduce its overall thermal conductivity in the axial direction and thus provide it with insulating properties whilst retaining the strength and easy forming and machining characteristics of the sintered metal matrix.
  • Typical mica flakes which have been found suitable for the manufacture of the element 13 constitute irregular platelets having dimensions in their greater-area surface planes within the range 0.2 to 0.5 millimeters and average thicknesses within the range 0.01 to 0.04 millimeters.
  • 20% by weight of mica-flake (a range of 10% to 30% is suitable) was mixed with 80% by weight of austenitic stainless-steel powder (a corresponding range of 70% to 90% is suitable).
  • the cold mixture was first subjected in a mould to a pressure within the range 300 to 600 Mega Newtons per square meter to form the shape of the element 13 and the resulting body was sintered in vacuum at approximately 1,100 degrees Celsius (a temperature within the range 1000° C. to 1200° C. is suitable).
  • the strength of the element 13 of this example in the axial direction measured at a temperature of 500 degrees Celsius was 350 Mega Newtons per square meter.
  • Samples of this material tested for thermal conductivity gave values of 6.3 Watts per meter degree Celsius perpendicular to the cold-pressing direction and 2.6 Watts per meter degree Celsius in the pressing direction.
  • the strength of the element 13 of this example in the axial direction was 147 Mega Newtons per square meter.
  • thermal insulators in accordance with the invention include pistons in internal combustion engines and insulators in gas turbine engines.

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